SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a standard way to read status and performance data from network devices and servers. It’s widely used to monitor routers and switches (especially interface traffic), but it can also report many other metrics—CPU and memory usage, disk space, temperature sensors, printer toner levels, uptime, and more. If a device supports SNMP, you can usually monitor it in a consistent, vendor-independent way.
SNMP monitoring with IPNetwork Monitor. IPNetwork Monitor supports SNMP v1/v2c/v3 and can monitor virtually any SNMP-enabled device—Unix/Linux servers, network hardware, and even Windows machines with an SNMP agent. You can monitor any SNMP variable by selecting it through the integrated MIB browser, which shows available OIDs, their current values, and descriptions based on loaded MIB files. IPNetwork Monitor ships with a large set of common MIBs and also lets you import vendor-specific MIBs to access device- or application-specific metrics. For quick setup, IPNetwork Monitor includes predefined SNMP hardware resource monitors (CPU, memory, disk space, and process monitoring), and you can set thresholds and alerts to notify you via channels like email, SMS, or other alert actions when values go out of range.
